Disastry's 2.6.3ia-multi Page

Janis Jagars (known to the PGP community as "Disastry")
perished on October 31, 2002 while on vacation in Nepal. You can read
an obituary by Len Sassaman here.

As Disastry's original page (http://disastry.dhs.org/pgp/263multi.htm)
has disappeared, I have put together this page in order to make
available PGP 2.6.3ia-multi06, the last version of PGP 2.6.3 that
Disastry built. Where possible, I have also included links to the other
files that were available from Disastry's 2.6.3ia-multi page (in some cases,
unfortunately, I haven't been able to find alternate download locations for those files).

Those familiar with Disastry's page will notice that I have used much
of his original HTML, but have stripped his PGP clear signature for the
web page itself. Disastry's detached signatures for the PGP 2.6.3ia-multi
files are included within the .ZIP archives themselves. You can download
Disastry's PGP keys as ASCII armored (.ASC) files here:

There is also command line options for selecting cipher:
-ji for IDEA
-jc for CAST5
-jd for 3DES
-jb for Blowfish
-jt for Twofish
-ja for AES128(RIJNDAEL)
-je for AES192(RIJNDAEL)
-jr for AES256(RIJNDAEL)

Command line option will override cipher defined in config.txt.

Cipher only needs to be selected when encrypting.
When decrypting PGP will automatically find what cipher is used.

2. PGP 2.6.3ia-multi06 can use MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160 and SHA2 (SHA256/384/512)
message digest algorithms for signing.For conventional encryption and key
protection MD5 is still used. SHA2 can be only used for file (message)
signing, for key signing MD5 is still used.

It is compatible with PGP 2.6 (when using MD5),
PGP 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, GnuPG (when using MD5, SHA1 or RIPEMD160).
More about compatibility read in file compat.htm

There is also command line options for selecting message digest algorithm:
-jm for MD5
-js for SHA1
-jp for RIPEMD160
-ju for SHA256
-jv for SHA384
-jw for SHA512

Command line option will override cipher defined in config.txt.

Message digest algorithm only needs to be selected when signing.
When verifying signature PGP will automatically find what message digest
algorithm is used.

3. This PGP version also supports RSA keys up to 8192 bit.16 bit DOS versions built with MSVC15 and BC3.1 supports RSA keys only up
to 4096 bits.

4. Unlike other PGP 2.6.x version this version will not import v4 signatures
made by newer PGP versions into it's keyring.

This means that RSA keys signed by DSS/DH keys can be imported and used.
DSS/DH keys, DSS v3 signatures and RSA v4 keys also will not be imported.

5. This version supports key expiration time.

It allows to set key expiration time (whe generating keys)
and shows key expiration time. It also shows signature timetamps.

6. Allows to change "Version: " line.

If you don't like that it displays version "PGP 2.6.3ia-multi06"
you can put this line in the config.txt file:
version = "PGP 9.8-super"
Change it to read whatever version string you wish the program to display.

7. Allows to calculate file hash.

Now there are -g option that allows to calculate file hash:
pgp -g filename

8. Allows to hide recipients KeyID and display 64 bit KeyID.

With "+throw_keyid" option PGP does not put KeyID into encrypted packets. This
option hides the receiver of the message and makes traffic analysis harder.

There is also "+random_keyid" option. It works just like "+throw_keyid" but the
KeyID is replaced with random value instead of all zeros.

There is also "+fake_keyid" option. It works just like "+throw_keyid" but the
KeyID is replaced with user selected KeyID instead of all zeros.

There is also I added "+long_keyid" option. When it is used pgp displays 64 bit keyids.

These options can also be used in config.txt file (without leading "+").

9. This version can be used everywhere in the world (well.. maybe except some
really bad countries) and outside it (orbital stations, Mars bases...)

When compiling do not define USA, even if you are in USA.
RSA patent is expired, so there is no need to use RSAREF.